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Even his funeral was blighted by the weather, with Miss Worthington saying she had to hope that no one would drop his coffin as they slipped on the muddy path which had become “like an ice rink”.

Thomas Monaghan

Water is pooling on his grave and deep holes are appearing on the surface, she claimed.

She said her son, who was diagnosed with cystic fbrosis when he was four-weeks-old and celebrated his 19th birthday in hospital five days before dying, “always had a smile on his face” and “never complained about all that he went through”.

She is now “angry” at Nottingham City Council for letting the cemetery get to into that state, saying it should have put in proper drainage to deal with weather like this.

She added: “When we brought the plot (for around £1,200) we chose it because it they told me the graveyard was beautiful.

“It looks like a complete disaster, there is no care gone in to it at all.”

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Her sister Debra Ward, 46, a cleaner also of Bilborough, added: “I was absolutely shocked, it was horrendous, it broke our hearts when we saw it.

The grave of Thomas Monaghan in High Wood Cemetery, Bulwell

“There is nowhere for the water to run. They should put something in so it can run off, not in to your loved one’s grave.”

They both claimed to have seen gravestones leaning but a spokeswoman for the council said if this is the case it is likely due to the ground settling.

She added: “Cemeteries are unfortunately just as susceptible to becoming waterlogged as any other grassed outdoor space during excessively wet weather.

“We are currently looking at ways to address this situation where possible and will undertake repair works once the weather improves.

“We apologise to visitors if the site doesn’t currently meet their expectations. Once the rain has eased we will repair the grassed areas as soon as we can and ask visitors to bear with us in the meantime.”